Mahatma Gandhi's statue in New York City vandalised, second attack in two weeks
India Today
Miscreants vandalised a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in New York City in a second such attack in two weeks.
A statue of Mahatma Gandhi in front of a temple in New York has been toppled and smashed in the second attack on the memorial this month.
The incident, which occurred in the early hours of August 16, was the latest in a series of attacks on Gandhi statues in the United States.
Six men destroyed the statue at the Sri Tulsi Mandir with a sledgehammer and painted hate-filled words around it and on the road, according to media reports quoting police.
The statue of Mahatma Gandhi had been vandalised earlier on August 3 and knocked over, reports said.
Police also released a surveillance video of the men, aged 25 to 30, suspected of being involved in the attack.
They fled the scene in a white Mercedes Benz and in a dark-coloured car, which may be a Toyota Camry used as a for-hire vehicle, said police.
Meanwhile, New York State Assembly member Jennifer Rajkumar condemned the incident and called for “the perpetrators to be apprehended swiftly, charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law”.
